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Morning Star

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045667
MRDS ID M233456
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star
Alternate or previous names Nevada Metals, Evening Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35808, 40.11076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position NEAR KINSLEY, SPRING (EAST OF T)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chin Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 067E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Garnet Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Calc-Silicate Skarn

Analytical data

Result AVE ORE GRADE 10% PB, 4% CU, 19 OZ/T AG, 02 OZ/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Kinsley Stock
    Rock description Kinsley Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35808, 40.11076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 83.82M
    Length 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steep Dipping Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE OF CAMBRIAN AGE IS TILTED SOUTHWARD AND INTRUDED BY A STOCK AND BY DIKES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE. ADJACENT TO THE STOCK THE LIMESTONES ARE MARBLEIZED AND SILICIFIED. ALL ROCK TYPES ARE CUT BY FAULTS WHICH DIP STEEPLY NORTH, EAST, OR WEST. PB-CU-AG ORES OCCURR AS SMALL LENSES AND PODS ALONG THE THREE SETS OF FAULTS. IN THE MORNING STAR MINE. THEY WERE AS MUCH AS 50 FEET LONG & WERE MINED TO ADEPTH OF 275 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Year of first production 1886

Mining district

District name Kinsley

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GRADE AVE. 10% PB, 4% CU, 19 OZ/T AG AND 0.2% AU

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE SHOOTS MINED TO A DEPTH OF 275 FT.

Comments on development

  • EARLIEST PRODUCTION WAS 1886-1887. IN 1963, THE AREA WAS CORE-DRILLED BUT NO OREWAS FOUND. FEE, PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M.(1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 85

  • Deposit

    HILL J.M.(1916) NOTES ON MINERAL DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEV., USGS BULL 648.

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELKO) MILS NO.7 REFERENCE NO.3203300082, MIN PROP FILE 21,800

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M., (1976) P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/FAULT ZONES ADJACENT TO IGNEOUS CONTACTS. LEAD-COPPER-SILVER-ORE OCCURS AS SMALL LENSES AND PODS ALONG THE THREE SETS OF FAULTS.
Deposit SILVER BEARING PB-CU DEPOSITS WERE FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1862. EARLIEST PRODUCTIONWAS DURING 1886-87. IN 1963 THE AREA WAS CORE DRILLED BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND MINERAL SURVEY 1720.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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